Tagalog - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Tagalog :  (noun)
1: a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila [syn: Tagalog]
2: language of the Tagalog people on which Filipino is based [syn: Tagalog]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Tagalog : \Ta*ga"log\, n. 1. (Ethnol.) Any member of a certain tribe which is one of the leading and most civilized of those native of the Philippine Islands.

2. The language of the Tagalogs. It belongs to the Malay family of languages and is one of the most highly developed members of the family.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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